Being Home–The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 | Uncategorized
Ok, I hope you’re able to view these pictures better than you could on my last post. So, these pics show you most of the GREAT things about being home in California—seeing good friends, seeing family members, spending time backpacking with my sister in the redwoods, seeing the Pacific Ocean which I’ve really missed, celebrating our freedoms on the 4th of July, eating good tasty food like cheesecake, IN-N-OUT hambugers, and Mexican food, etc. etc. I’ve loved connecting with people and I’m so thankful for all of the wonderful people I have here in California who love me so much. It has been great to be home in California!!!
THE BAD—Well, I still really miss my Ethiopia–my students, my roommate, my church, and all of the friends I’ve made there. Sometimes I wish I could be there instead of here and that’s the truth. I am way more used to being in Ethiopia than California. California feels so very very individualistic at times and I miss the sense of community I had in Ethiopia. It’s just not the same. I’m just being honest. And I knew this going into it. I knew that moving to Ethiopia would mean that I would always be missing somebody and someplace. It’s just par for the course when God calls you to be in another country for any given length of time. These are the facts.
THE (downright) UGLY–Oh, the comments people make can be so very very frustrating, but the top one was “Are there black people in Ethiopia??” It makes me mad and sad that someone could be this ignorant, but then that leads me to pray for this person and hope that God will change their heart and open their mind which in turn builds my character. (If you’re interested, other comments include “Is that friend you have in Ethiopia black?” “Africa is so unsafe. Did you feel safe there?” (Africa is a huge continent and it’s really inaccurate to say that an entire continent is unsafe. Would it makes sense to say that the whole of Europe or North America is unsafe?))
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